Author Archives for "Craig Sowerby".
Considering that Delta, United and Southwest have all eliminated the expiration of miles, it is certainly odd that American Airlines AAdvantage decided to improve their policy, but only by 6 months! AAdvantage… Continue Reading
Most Marriott Bonvoy members are hopefully aware of the massive, negative changes arriving on March 29, 2022. On that date, Marriott will implement “dynamic pricing” of award nights. With… Continue Reading
PointsHound has been emailing members to say that they should now use Rocketmiles. And if you attempt to visit the PointsHound website, you will be redirected to Rocketmiles. For all practical purposes,… Continue Reading
With the news that Qatar Airways Privilege Club is adopting Avios as its loyalty currency – certainly more appealing than QMiles if they can eventually be combined back and forth with British Airways… Continue Reading
American Airlines has announced some changes to its upgrade procedures within the U.S. (including Hawaii) and between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Bermuda and Central America… Continue Reading
Nobody is looking forward to Marriott Bonvoy’s implementation of dynamic award pricing (except Marriott itself). These changes will be implemented on March 29, 2022. In advance of this, Marriott… Continue Reading
British Airways recently announced a third daily flight between London’s Heathrow Airport and Newark Airport. Normally I wouldn’t pay much attention, except that the Newark to London service… Continue Reading
Qatar Airways Privilege Club has announced that it will be adopting “Avios” as its loyalty currency, starting in March 2022. Privilege Club members will have their QMiles balances converted… Continue Reading
Avios is a rewards currency used by several separate airline loyalty programs. The most well-known of these Avios-based programs are British Airways Executive Club and Iberia Plus. However, Aer Lingus’… Continue Reading
The Americas Lodging Investment Summit recently took place in Los Angeles. One of the issues discussed was “amenity creep”. As one speaker put it “We have to ask ourselves not just ‘What… Continue Reading
